† harragev.
Obsolete.
A form used by Fuller, apparently as = harry v. or harass n. (cf. ravage n.).
ΘΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (transitive)] > carry off as loot or plunder
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to walk off with1727
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1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 19 That this [Diocese] of Lincolne, harraged out before, should now lie fallow.
1655 T. Fuller Hist. Cambr. Univ. Pref. §1 Of late the Danes..had harraged all this Countrey.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 68 Living in a harraged Land.
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